ServantOfBeing t1_iryy9vf wrote on October 12, 2022 at 1:59 AM

Reply to comment by 311was_an_inside_job in For children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant's brain was 'plastic' enough for the right hemisphere to acquire the language abilities ordinarily handled by the left side while also maintaining its own language abilities as well. by Wagamaga

This is reallly fascinating, thank you.

Do you have any articles about the interesting side effects? :)

iHeartCoolStuff t1_iryzsqo wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:11 AM

There’s a great Oliver Sacks book that talks about this procedure (severing the corpus callosum) and the split conscious thing is utterly fascinating. Literally made me rethink what identity and personality are. Definitely read up on it

xXPixeIXx t1_is092jz wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:06 AM

Should be 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' by Oliver Sacks